Gasolene-tank and gage for same.



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GASOLENE TANK ANDGAGE FOR SAME.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 19: v

Patented Dec. 4, 1917.

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,J. BORYSZEWSKI, ln. GASOLENE TANKAND GAGE FOR SAME.

APPL ICAT|0N FILED lU-NE 21.1911.

Patented ec. 4,1917.

A TTORIIEYS UNIT D. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BORYSZEW SKI, 33-, F FOB-KS, NEW YORK.

(insomnia-TANK AND anon non SAME.

To all whom-it may concern:

Be itknown that I, J osnri-i BonYsznwsK Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Forks, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Gasolene-Tank and Gage for Same, of which the following 1s a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a liquid tank ,par-

ticularly suitable for gasolene, and a gage for indicating the amount of liquid therein.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive tank which W111 maintain the smallest quantity of gasolene in the lowest part of the tank no matter how the automobile carrying the tank is positioned.

Another object of the invention to provide a gage for the tank for indicating the 2"} amount of gasolene therein.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists inthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of-parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all 3' the views. 0 n

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a tank embodying my invention on iine 1--1, Fi 2; I 1

. g. 2 is a horizontal section on line 2 2,

Fig. 1; 1g. 23 is a side elevation, at ortion of the dome being broken out on t e line 3-3, Fig. 2; Fig. 4. is a cross section on line -i4, 4. Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5, Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a horizontal section online (s-6, Fig 4; and

. ig. 7 is a cross section on line 7.'(, Fi 1..

eforring to the drawings, 9 which is preferably circular in cross section, havi'rrg, its larger diameter in the middle. The ends of the tank are eccentric with the 5. middle. so that the tank bulges on one side,

the bulging part 10 constituting the bottom, while the straight part 11 constitutes the top.

A dome 1-2 is provided in the central part of the tank at the top of same. A. sprocket 13 is revolubly mounted in the top of the dome, and a chain 14 engage the sprocket. One

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 21, 1917.

is the tank,

Patented Dec.'4=, 1917.

Serial No. 176,088.

said cap for the chain 14. The other end of the chain enters a tube 17 which constitutes a guide for a weight 18 secured to the end of the chain in the tube. This Weight is to maintain the chain taut during the upward dis )lacement of the float.

I pinion-19 is constrained to revolve with .the sprocket 13. The pinion '19 meshes with a gear 20 which is, in turn, in mesh with a rack 21 slidably mounted .on the top of the tank; preferably the rack is tubular and fits a rod 22 secured at the ends of the tank and on which saidrack is free'to slide. he

rack carries a pointer 23 which travels along scale 24 secured to the tank, said. scale being properly divided for indicating any desired i'rs'i'ctions of a gallon. The scale, rack and pointer are covered by a housing 31 which forms a part of the dome 12. It carries a transparent member 32 in front of the scale and pointer.

The tank is provided with wave breakers 25 in the form of transverse sectional walls whichbreakup the movement of liquid in the tank during the propulsion of the vehicle with which the tank may beassociated. These partitions clear the tank at the edges so there is communication between the oppositc two sides of the partitions.

One of the rods 16 is hollow and provided at the bottom with a valve-controlled outlet 26. an aperture 27 being provided in said hollow rod 16 so that the liquid can pass to said valve-controlled outlet 26. A tube 28 extends from the top to the bottom of the tank near the central part of same. Said tube 28 has a threaded plug 29 at the top through which liquid. may be poured, and an aperture 30 near the bottom of the tani: through which the liquid enters the tan The tapering bottom of the tank causes the liquid therein to accumulate in the central part of same, even when the tank is in an inclined position. and, therefore, the outlet from the tank is generally flooded by the liquid.

I claim:

1. In combination, a tank, a float mount- I ed to move vertically of the tank, a scale associated with the tank 'and disposed longitudinally of sa1'ne,,a rack adapted to travel along said scale, a pointer carried by the rack for cooperating with the scale, a gear meshing with the rack, and means froin the fioat'to the gear for actuating the I same dining the movement t float- 2. In combination, an elongated tank, a floatadapted to move vertically of the ti l kp a doine on said tank, a sprocket revoluble in said dome, a chain from said float to the sprocket, a weight associated with said chain for maintaining the same taut, a scale associated with the tank and disposed 1ongitudinally. of same, a movable rack, a pointer carried by the rack cooperating with the scale, and gears in said dome interposed between the rack and sprocket, whereby the rack is moved when thefloat moves,

In combination, a tank of circular cross section having the larger diameter in the middle thereof, the ends of said tank. being eccentric with the central part so that an outwardly-bulging portion is formed in the tank, which bniging portion is adapted to form the bottom of said tank, a domeon the top of the tank substantiaib midway be tween its ends, asprocket near the top of the dome, a'chain engaging the sprocket, a float associated with one end of said chain, rods from the bottom of the tank engaging the fioatami forming guides-for the same, a weight associated with the other end of the chain, a tubular guide for said weight, a pinion constrained to revolve with the sprocket, a rack slida'biy mounted'on the top ofthe tank, apointer carried by the rack, a scaiesecured to the top of the tank and with, which said pointer is adapted to cooperate, and a gear in theidome interposed between the pinion and the rack.

4. In combination, a tank of'circn'lar cross. section having the larger diameter in the middle thereof, the ends of said tank being eccentric with the central part so that an outwardly bulging portion is formed in the middle of the tank, which bulging portion is adapted to form the bottom of said tank, tubular extension in the central part at the top of the tank, a cover for same, a dome on the top of thetank over sai'dtubular portion, a'sprocket near the top of the dome,

a chain engaging the Sprocket, a float. associated with one end of the chain, rods from the bottom-of the tank into the tubular pen tion constituting guides for the float, a weight associated with the other end of the chain, a guide for said weight, a plnion constrained to revolve with the sprocket, a tubular rack slidahlymounted on the top of the tank, a pointer carried by the rack, a scale secured to the top of the tank and with which said. pointer is adapted to cooperate, a gear in the dome iHCOIPOSBdlW-BWBGI] the pinion and the rack, and a housing for said rack and scale having a transparent member opposite said scale.

5. In combination, a tank having 'an outwardly-bnlging bottom, a float adapted to descend toward the deepest part of the tank, a scale disposed longitudinally of the tank, a rack mounted to travel along the scale,

a pointer on said ra k and c op rati g with the scale, and motion transmission means from the float to the rack.

JOSEPH BORYSZEWSKI, JR. 

